Politics

Two more Conservative MPs have announced that they will not be standing at the next general election. Dehenna Davison, 29, a levelling up minister,...

Rishi Sunak is mulling a crackdown on foreign students bringing dependents and studying “low-quality” degrees after net migration reached its highest level since the...

Dominic Raab has insisted he has “behaved professionally at all times” despite facing growing allegations of bullying and intimidating behaviour. Yesterday, a number of...

Jeremy Hunt has said he regrets the turbulence caused by Liz Truss’s mini-budget but he does not believe it inflicted long-term economic damage. The...

Transport Secretary Mark Harper has said “there is a deal to be done” with the rail unions to bring planned industrial action to an...

Government departments have been told to stop installing cameras made by Chinese firms in “sensitive sites”. The Government Security Group has said that since...

The government is “simply not in a position to pay inflation pay rises”, the transport secretary has told Sky News before a meeting with...

Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to find another way “for Scottish people to express their will” after judges ruled that another independence referendum cannot be...

The Scottish Parliament does not have the power to call a second independence referendum in the country, the Supreme Court has said. The unanimous...

Pensioners will start to receive up to £600 in their bank accounts from today to help with their energy bills. More than 11.6 million...

Owen Paterson, a leading Brexiteer who quit as an MP after he was embroiled in a lobbying scandal, is taking the government to the...

This is a major blow for Nicola Sturgeon’s ambition to hold a second independence vote next October. It almost certainly rules out that plan. ...

The intense discussion over Scotland’s future is reaching another, major milestone. Politicians on both sides of Scotland’s independence debate are waiting with bated breath...

There are now no people at the Manston migrant processing centre after it experienced severe overcrowding earlier this month, Sky News understands. The Home...

MPs can put the cost of food and drink at their staff Christmas parties on expenses for the first time. It means taxpayers will...

Rishi Sunak has reiterated his commitment to Brexit amid reports the government could be seeking a closer “Swiss-style” deal with the EU. Speaking at...

The UK government will introduce new legislation today to extend the deadline for forming an executive in Northern Ireland. There has been no functioning...

Rishi Sunak has visited Ukraine for the first time since becoming prime minister, meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the capital city, Kyiv. The...

The UK’s economic outlook will be “challenging” for the next two years, Jeremy Hunt says. The chancellor presented his autumn statement to parliament on...